World Music, Politics, and Social Change: Papers from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Manchester New German Texts)

Drawing upon a variety of academic disciplines, this selection of essays from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music examines the social and musical forces that lie behind the sales labels of popular music. The book asks - "How does popular music change?", "What is the impact of First world capital on Third World musical performers?" and, "Is 'world music' enriched or impoverished by its new global context?". The answers offered by some of these essays are optimistic, challenging entrenched ideas about music tradition and progress - however, the authors of others of these essays also reveal the commercial and political struggles that underpin much music-making. Popular Music In West Africa (1981) / John Collins And Paul Richards -- Popular Music In Indonesia (1983) / Martin Hatch -- Tradition And Acculturation As Polarities Of Slovenian Popular Music (1981) / Alenka Barber-kersovan -- The Impact Of Mass Media And Acculturation On The Judeo-spanish Song Tradition In Montreal (1985) / Judith R. Cohen -- El Chambú -- A Study Of Popular Musics In Nariño, South Colombia (1983) / Bernard F. Broere -- The System Of Canzone In Italy Today (1981) / Franco Fabbri -- The Field Of Popular Music In Israel (1985) / Motti Regev -- Rock Music And Cultural Ideology In Revolutionary Cuba (1985) / Peter Manuel -- Changes In Norwegian Popular Music, 1976-81 (1983) / Geir Johnson -- I Get Frightened Of My Voice: On Avant-garde Rock In Hungary (1983-1987) / Anna Szemere -- Pop And Government Policy In The Netherlands (1985) / P.l. Van Elderen -- Rock For Ethiopia (1985) / Stan Rijven And Will Straw. Edited By Simon Frith. Papers From Iaspm's First Three Conferences--p. 3. Includes Bibliographies And Index.